Mike McPhail is an American author, editor, and game designer as well as publisher of fiction, and is best known for his work in military fiction.
McPhail has spoken at industry and pop culture conventions, and has appeared as a guest speaker and panelist at
Balticon, Confluence,
Heliosphere,
LunaCon,
DerpyCon,
DexCon, Far Point,
Shikkaricon, and Shore Leave.
He is a member of the
Military Writers Society of America The Military Writers Society of America, also known as the MWSA, is non-profit, 501(c)3 association of authors, poets, and artists, many of whom are U.S. military veterans or family members of veterans. Membership is open to anyone with an interest ...
(MWSA),
and the creator of the Alliance Archives (All'Arc) series and its related Martial Role-Playing Game (MRPG)
McPhail and his wife
Danielle Ackley-McPhail
Danielle Ackley-McPhail (born 1970) is an American author and editor, as well as publisher of fiction, and is best known for her work in speculative fiction. She was the editor for the ''Bad-Ass Faeries'', which was a finalist for the Dream Realm ...
are founders and owners of
ESpec Books. a small press publisher.
So It Begins was a finalist for Best Anthology at the 2009 Indie Book Awards.
Personal life
McPhail attended the Academy of Aeronautics in New York (now the
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology) and served in the Air National Guard.
Bibliography
Short fiction
Defending the Future Series
* Breach the Hull (2007) by Dark Quest
* So It Begins (2009)
* By Other Means (2011)
* No Man's Land (2011)
* Best Laid Plans (2013)
* Dogs of War (2013)
* Man and Machine (2016)
* In Harm's Way (In Production)
* The Best of Defending the Future
Beyond the Cradle Series
* If We Had Known (Beyond the Cradle Book 1) (2017) by eSpec Books
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Other Anthologies
* Jaelle Her Book
* Cowboys in Space: Tales of Byanntia
* The Die Is Cast
* Fallen City
* Barbarians at the Jumpgate
* The Stories in Between: A Between Books Anthology
References
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Living people
20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
Novelists from New York City
1962 births